Seventy percent of full-time Americans working stiffs have either mentally “checked out” at work or purposefully sabotage the company’s productivity. Well, aren’t we a bunch of sad saps? The latest count in an ongoing Gallup Poll classifies the 100 million people working full-time in the U.S. into three categories. First, there’s the “actively engaged”: 30 million of …

Nik Wallenda’s precipitous walk across a 2-inch-wide, 1,400-foot-long rope over a 1,500-foot-deep canyon was death-defyingly brave. No question. It just wasn’t technically over the Grand Canyon, contrary to what was boasted by the Discovery Channel and talked about by some news outlets, the Grand Canyon’s official Twitter account informed us on Sunday. “The event would not have …

The Manchester Museum in England has its own case of “Night at the Museum.” An ancient Egyptian statue has mysteriously started spinning inside its display case. The statue was made as an offering to Osiris, which is the Egyptian god of death. This time lapse video shows the statue move and spin on its own. …

The Pentagon has spoken out on a story of major importance: Cap’n Crunch isn’t really a captain. A detail-oriented blogger noticed the cereal spokes-cartoon wears three stripes on his sleeve, making him a commander. A captain has four stripes on the sleeve. After the story went big this week, U.S. Navy spokespeople confirmed the mishap …

A Christian group once committed to reforming people from their homosexuality has recanted that aim. For 27 years, Exodus International has tried to turn thousands of gay men and women straight through a combination of prayer and intensive therapy. Late in the day Wednesday, the group’s leader, Alan Chambers, posted an extensive apology for the …

“The Sopranos” actor James Gandolfini has reportedly died. He was 51. Variety.com reports that, according to HBO, he was on vacation in Italy at the time of his death. He leaves behind an 8-month-old daughter, with his wife Deborah Lin, and a teenage son from his first marriage with Marcy Wudarski. Gandolfini won three Emmys …

Handsome billionaire crybaby Sean Parker says his life is a nightmare after a media flap about his $4.5 million wedding turning into an ecological disaster. Instead of galavanting in a tropical honeymoon paradise as newlyweds, the Internet mogul and wife have become victims of public persecution, says Parker, whose other troubles include having to live up to …

This probably wasn’t what our doctor meant by “eat more fruits and vegetables,” but if we listened to what she said we would’ve stopped eating paint chips years ago. Either way, Oreo is now in the fruit business with the summer release of its limited edition watermelon-flavored cookies. The cookies feature a swirl of watermelon-flavored …

In the professional pecking order, baby-raising knocks you down a few notches. Women have known this forever. Thank you, millennia of patriarchy. Hello, glass ceiling. But guys who take on primary caregiving responsibilities feel the pain, too, though not as much as women who choose to prioritize work over child-rearing. An about-to-be-published study led by Professor …

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